National Affairs: Gompers vs. Reds

Samuel Gompers, President of the American Federation of Labor, appreciates fully the value of publicity. Every week he denounces some public figure or organization, or " points with pride " to some achievement of Labor, thus keeping himself and his cause perpetually in the public eye. His latest fulminations are directed against the radicals in the Federation and their attempt to make May Day the official Red Letter and Red Action holiday of the working class.

In a speech before the United Cloth Hat and Cap Workers of America he rang a general alarm...

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